Posts by Lauren Park

I'll be upfront — I bought my first smart plug thinking it was one of those things I'd use for a week and forget about. It's sitting in my living…

Nobody thinks about their smart bulb as a security risk. That's kind of the problem. I didn't either, until I spent an afternoon reading through documented botnet exploits and realized…

I'll be honest — I bought a smart bulb starter kit three years ago thinking it would transform my electricity bill. It did not. What it did was introduce me…

So I pulled my old thermostat off the wall one Saturday morning, fully expecting a quick swap. Thirty minutes, tops. What I found instead was a cluster of thin colored…